Exclusive: The Woodward, Sperling emails revealed — POLITICO's “Behind the Curtain” column last night quoted Bob Woodward as saying that a senior White House official has told him in an email he would “regret” questioning White House statements on the origins of sequestration.

Woodward at war — Bob Woodward called a senior White House official last week to tell him that in a piece in that weekend's Washington Post, he was going to question President Barack Obama's account of how sequestration came about - and got a major-league brushback.

Economic Official Sperling Warned Woodward — The meaning of the word “regret.” — Source: whitehouse.gov — The White House official who Bob Woodward charged had crossed a line by saying he would “regret” printing his version of a set of Washington negotiations was Gene Sperling …

Why Bob Woodward's Fight With The White House Matters to You — And why I iced a senior Obama White House official. — The fight between the White House and journalistic legend Bob Woodward is a silly distraction to a major problem: The failure of President Obama and House Republicans to lead the country under a budget deadline.

‘3 Amigos’ make life difficult for Mitch McConnell — Mitch McConnell wanted Republican senators to communicate a consistent and clear message and unite behind a single plan to overhaul the sequester spending cuts. — Then came the “Three Amigos.” — Three Republican senators …

Arkansas gets OK on insurance funds — Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe's office says the state has received approval from Health and Human Services to take federal Medicaid expansion money and use it to buy private coverage for low-income residents through the state's insurance exchange.

The Business Case for Healthier Food Options — In recent years, they have generated more than 70% of the growth in sales for packaged-goods companies. — For years, America's childhood obesity crisis was viewed as an insurmountable problem, one that was too complicated and too entrenched to ever really solve.

Republicans need to go negative — What a sad state Republicans are in. Leaderless and rudderless, they flail about, trying to figure out who they are and which of various political Pied Pipers onstage today will lead them from the wilderness. — What they fail to see is that there will …

Two Popes, One Secretary — The damage Benedict XVI has done to the Catholic church and the papacy may be far from over. All I can say about yesterday's developments is that they seem potentially disastrous and also indicative to me of something truly weird going on underneath all of this.

Gruenhagen: Homosexuality is a ‘sexual addiction’ — One of the Legislature's most vocal opponents of same-sex marriage says homosexuality is a choice and form of sexual addiction. — “It's an unhealthy, sexual addiction,” state Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen said Wednesday.

Van school worker shot during gun training class — The Tyler Morning Telegraph has learned that a Van Independent School District employee accidentally was shot during a district-sponsored concealed handgun license class on Wednesday. — The class was part of an effort to permit teachers to carry firearms on VISD campuses.

Chris Christie is the new Jon Huntsman — Once again, liberals are baffled that conservatives aren't leaping to embrace the left's favorite Republican — few years ago, when I would talk to liberals in various cable news greenrooms across Washington, the general consensus was clear …

5 False Assumptions Political Pundits Make All the Time — From voter polarization to campaign ads, a political scientist calls out the mistaken notions commonly perpetuated by election commentators. — If following the 2012 presidential election sometimes made you want to scream at your television …

Republicans Working on Funding Bill — House Republican leaders seem to have averted a potential rift in the conference, garnering wide support for a continuing resolution that will move as soon as next week. — GOP leaders called a Wednesday afternoon meeting to brief members on the strategy for the CR …

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